Jubilee Oval insists that An abandon her seat on the sidelines and delve into the mysteries that lie at the heart of Antarctica. She tells An her tales — myths about the origin of Antarctica and its creatures.
Through Jubilee’s stories and her own affinity for the icy barren land, An slowly unearths the secrets of her past but pays an extreme price for the knowledge.
Drifting at the Bottom of the World offers a glimpse into Antarctica, a mythical place few people have ever seen. Employing magical realism reminiscent of Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits, Auden Bailey illuminates the enduring grip of the world’s most remote continent and immerses us in a quirky, compelling universe that will haunt our imaginations long after we have finished reading this engaging first novel.
